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TyronneRJD2
November 14th 2007 18:13
Man, this white kid from Oregon totally blew me away when I first heard his groundbreaking album, Deadringer.
My friend emailed me and advised me to try it. I said, Hells No, sick of terrible rap and pretentious wannabes making mixes on every street corner. RJD2 was different, though... I turned it up and got lost in the maelstrom of smooth layered sounds and old skool samples.
Ghostwriter was so good that me and some friends used it for a demo trailer of our movie.
That was 2002. Hip hop has changed a great deal since then, becoming increasingly more commercial, playing out to wider audiences and, as far as I can see, harder and harder to find the gold among all the detritus.
RJD2 felt the same way, I think... he left Def Jux behind and signed with XL Records, who let him lock himself in his basement and make a record of him playing instruments and singing.
It's weird. It's different. But the originality is still damn fresh.
What I like about RJD2: he's changed. Sure, it'd be predictable and a sure-seller to make Deadringer all over again. But I admire his willingness to show that he was sick of stealing samples, when all he wanted to do was make music.
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